Another week, another headline coming out of Twitter HQ. Fortunately, this week's news won't leave you chewing at your nails, wondering where it all went wrong; quite the contrary as Elon Musk's upcoming purge of dormant accounts may lead to your grail username becoming available.
We've all been there; you've tapped in your email and chosen a password; now it's time to choose a username. You hammer away at your keys with dreams of the perfect handle, only to find it's taken.
It happens all too often. Unsurprising, really, given the sheer number of users that flock to social media platforms and gaming networks like Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.
For the lucky few that boast their status as early adopters, the best usernames sit within their vice grip – for now, that is.
Elon Musk's latest announcement for Twitter, following its merger into X Corp and the drama surrounding legacy verification marks, is that accounts that have been inactive for several years will be purged from the platform.
While the exact stretch of time that a username has to be dormant to meet the banhammer hasn't been confirmed, it's left many users excited at the prospect of being able to snap up a more desirable username.
Obviously, if a whole host of users have the same idea, they're not going to hang around for long, if at all.
While many take pleasure in the idea of a juicy new handle, others are concerned that the account of late celebrities, like Kobe Bryant, will be erased, leaving their thoughts to fall into the abyss.
As per Elon Musk, such accounts will be archived while also stressing the importance of freeing up inactive handles.
For now, we'll just have to wait and see how this unfolds. After all, Elon's Twitter has a habit of being...unpredictable.
